Miscellany, Jul. 15, 1957

According to Hoyle. In Buffalo, a grand jury criticized card playing on the floor of the county jail, recommended that additional tables be provided.

Two for the Road. In Maywood, Calif., police allowed an hour-long lunch to Louis H. Martinez, about to start a ten-day jail term for drunkenness, but the court upped his sentence to six months after he slipped into a bar, managed to get well boiled before police found and rejailed him.

Clockwatcher. In Mineola, N.Y., Mrs. Jeanette Dempsey, 24, accused in court by her husband of hugging and kissing his...

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